Shujaa crowned Safari Sevens champions
Shujaa players celebrate with the title after winning the 2021 Safari Sevens after beating Germany in the final on October 31, 2021 at Nyayo National Stadium.
What you need to know:
- Amunga missed the twos but that didn't matter. Shujaa's win means the title gets to stay in Kenya after Morans won in 2019. The 2020 edition was not held because of coronavirus.
- Kenya Lionesses I bagged the women's crown by winning all their matches, including beating Uganda 26-0 on Sunday.
Kenya Shujaa are the new Safari Sevens champions after registering a hard-fought 12-5 win against Germany in an entertaining final of the 23rd edition which climaxed at Nyayo Stadium on Sunday.
Fan favourite Alvin' Buffa' Otieno and Johnstone Olindi scored on either side of Jack Hunt's try to hand Shujaa the crown they last won in 2016.
Shujaa players celebrate with the title after winning the 2021 Safari Sevens after beating Germany in the final on October 31, 2021 at Nyayo National Stadium.
It was a tight contest straight from kickoff before Otieno burst through the German defence to break the deadlock.
Levy Amunga converted for a 7-0 lead, but coach Damian McGrath's men's response was almost immediate after winning a lineout and scoring an unconverted try through Hunt.
Germany came back strongly in the second half, piling pressure on coach Innocent 'Namcos' Simiyu's men.
Kenya got a reprieve after Germany failed to release the ball near their opponents' five-metre line.
Shujaa players celebrate with the title after winning the 2021 Safari Sevens after beating Germany in the final on October 31, 2021 at Nyayo National Stadium.
Simiyu brought in Collins Shikoli for Edmund Anya, but the hosts were soon reduced to six men after Shikoli was sin-binned
Germany, who had stunned Shujaa 14-12 at the group stage, could not capitalise on their numerical advantage and got punished afterwards after Olindi crossed the whitewash for a 12-5. lead.
Amunga missed the twos but that didn't matter. Shujaa's win means the title gets to stay in Kenya after Morans won in 2019. The 2020 edition was not held because of coronavirus.
Shujaa's Alvin Otieno (centre) beats Germany's Robin Pluempe (left) during their Safari Sevens final match at Nyayo National Stadium on October 31, 2021.
Kenya Lionesses I bagged the women's crown by winning all their matches, including beating Uganda 26-0 on Sunday.
